Four Named to All-PBC Team, Shida Tabbed Player of the Year

POOLER, Ga. – The Peach Belt Conference
(PBC) announced the 16-member all-conference team Sunday night,
with Georgia College coming away with most of the hardware.
Senior Billy Shida (Duluth, Ga.) grabbed Player of
the Year honors, while head coach Jimmy Wilson
picked up the Coach of the Year Award.

Shida was second in the PBC with a 72.5 stroke average, along
with five top-10 finishes and one tournament win.

Accompanying Shida on the first team was Joe Young
(Cochran, Ga.), who led the PBC with a 71.2 stroke
average, as well as Patrick Garrett (Kennesaw,
Ga.). Young also won a tournament, while finishing
in the top-10 six times. Garrett finished the year with a
73.2 stroke average, ranking sixth in the conference, to go along
with one tournament win and three top-five finishes.

Freshman Gavin Harper (Twin City, Ga.) nabbed
second-team honors for his 73.4 stroke average, good for eighth in
the conference. Harper also had two top-10 finishes on the
year.

Fourteen year head coach Jimmy Wilson picked up the PBC Coach of
the Year award after leading his team to eight top-five finishes
this year. The Bobcats led all teams with a 289.2 stroke
average, over three strokes better than any other team. It is
the third such honor for Wilson, who also won PBC Coach of the Year
in 2000 and 2008.

Shida is just the fourth PBC Golfer of the Year is Georgia
College’s prestigious men’s golf history.

Georgia College will look to remain hot, coming off six straight
top-five finishes, as they begin PBC Tournament action Monday,
April 11 at Savannah Quarters Country Club in Pooler, Ga.

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